[stylist] Question: writing about the letters of the alphabet

[Donna Hill]

Julie,
That's my memory as well, but it doesn't seem right if you're referring
specifically to a lower case letter. If it weren't dialog, I could use the
term "lower case" to clarify it, but I can't imagine my 14-year-old, shy
character using that.
Donna 

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I don't know about the correct way to do it, but when I could read print I
remember it being presented as the capital letter with apostrophe s even if
it was plural and not possessive.

HTH
Julie
On 1/23/2013 2:20 PM, Donna Hill wrote:
> Hi All,
> OK, how do you put it in print when you're talking about the letters 
> of the alphabet? For instance, "When I write a g, bla, bla, bla. Or if 
> it were plural, "When I write my gs, ..." I'm looking for what is 
> considered proper grammar/spelling. I've considered having the letter 
> in italics, placing an apostrophe before it and, in the case of a 
> plural, gs would seem more correct than using an apostrophe between 
> the letters -- g's -- because it's not either possessive or a 
> contraction. Jaws likes the apostrophe, however, in terms of 
> pronunciation. Anyway, if anyone has a source for the standard for 
> this, please let me know. I haven't gotten anywhere Googling it, and I
can't find it in any of the style books I have.
> Thanks,
> Donna
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